Bernstein Upped To Uni EVP Of Production

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• This is unbelievable. I’ve worked with Scott before and I can easily say he’s one of the worst executives I’ve ever seen. Nice enough guy but he does not understand story and all of his notes were often just recycled clichés. I guess Universal just isn’t what it used to be.

  Comment by workedwithscott — Thursday January 21, 2010 @ 2:19pm PST  Reply to this post

• Mazel tov, Scott!

  Comment by Moshag — Thursday January 21, 2010 @ 3:00pm PST  Reply to this post

• Donna bumped, Kirsch bumped, Bernstein bumped…how does this bode for Beirs? And I know they made some changes at the top, but didnt they have overall a pretty fucking horendous last couple of years?

  Comment by writer — Thursday January 21, 2010 @ 3:29pm PST  Reply to this post

• I’m not the biggest fan of Scott’s. But to be fair, ROLE MODELS was Scott’s movie and it’s quickly becoming one of those go-to movies for tone in the development world.

  Comment by m — Thursday January 21, 2010 @ 3:50pm PST  Reply to this post

• Thanks for this warning Nikki. I recoil in horror at these words:
  “Scott has a real sense of what’s next in pop culture which informs his work on comedies and genre films,” said Langley.

  REALLY? Uggh. So we can look forward to more knock-offs of Judd Apatow-Will Ferrell-Bradley Cooper movies? So another “trend chaser” gets hired to a big slot at a major studio. Great.

  Since he’s such a prophet when it comes to what’s next in “pop culture” does that mean he’ll be buying pitches/specs for feature films about Snooki, other reality stars, and musical comedy ideas from Lady Gaga? Since when did pop culture become a resume builder? Pop culture is built upon great contributions to our Arts history with gems like Disco, Pet Rock, Cop Rock, Macarena, CB radio songs/movies, American Idol, Steve Guttenberg, Global Warming, break-dancing, Mike Ovitz, japanese everything, and the stunning filmography of Brett Ratner.

  How about an Exec. that has his or her “pulse” on what makes a good story? Wow. Revolutionary. It’s like the “Trendwhore Express” just crash-landed into Uni. Maybe this guy can build synergy with Universal’s treasure trove of musical acts by giving them all development deals. Xanadu reboot? Or a disco reboot of TGIF? Or a second remake of Sgt. Pepper’s (since the Bee Gees version did so well in the 70s-80s)? Or a reboot of Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo? Damn Ron Meyer…did you catch the Zucker virus?

  Comment by Michael Wasserman — Thursday January 21, 2010 @ 4:16pm PST  Reply to this post

• hey “workedwithscott”… seriously, why the hell would you post something like that, even if it was true, which I doubt?

  the guy works hard, he’s a great exec, he got a well-deserved promotion, and you want to shit on it. anonymously, of course.

  you’re a class act, and clearly not a disgruntled, unsuccessful writer who has nothing better to do than to talk smack.

  Comment by writer who has worked with SB — Thursday January 21, 2010 @ 6:00pm PST  Reply to this post

• eh, I’ve not had much contact with scott recently but he always struck me as an enthusiastic guy with decent taste, especially when it came to pop culture. Certainly not an idiot. I can’t comment on his notes. At least he’s not some Barbie, or from a marketing background.

  Comment by shuggie Akins — Thursday January 21, 2010 @ 8:13pm PST  Reply to this post

• Scott works very hard, gets stuff done and a good exec to have in your corner. Michael Wasserman, you sound real angry. Any movie with any cast of any Apatow film is considered an Apatow knock-off. That’s so tiring and lame. From your tone, I doubt you’ve worked with too many studio executives – still hoping for that first script sale I’m sure – but Scott is one of the better ones.

  Comment by Arturo — Friday January 22, 2010 @ 3:21pm PST  Reply to this post

• seems like there are a lot of promotions happening a univeral and i bet more to come. does anyone else think that the higher-ups are taking care of people in advance of comcast coming in and doing whatever they are going to do?

  Comment by guy — Monday January 25, 2010 @ 7:21pm PST  Reply to this post